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August 12, 2009|By Robin McCormick

MISSING HONORS

*Shirley Forrest, Hampton: I searched diligently through Friday's Town Square community section looking for Asbury and Samuel P Langley elementary honor roll students listings and could not find the schools even listed.

* Cathy, Williamsburg: What happened to the Honor Roll for Lafayette High School? You published results for other schools.

Editor: We apologize. We were tardy in requesting the information from the school systems for the final honor rolls of the year. As a result, some schools weren't able to get them to us. We asked every school system to provide us with honor rolls, and we printed every honor roll that we received. There are always gaps in our honor roll lists, because we never get 100 percent participation, but this time we were missing more schools than usual.

WHY SO MANY SECTIONS?

* Sally, Hampton: Please explain why every day we have three small sections to make up the local and national news.

Editor: I wish I could, but it involves the complex manufacturing capabilities of the press, which remain a bit of a mystery to me. What ends up as, say, a typical Wednesday paper, with three six-page sections that make up local and national news and a six-page sports section, starts as about four rolls of newsprint. Each weighs close to a ton and is one giant sheet of paper that (unrolled) is more than five miles long. Each of these big sheets goes through and around the press, getting ink imprinted (four imprints, for black, red, blue and yellow inks), being collected into sections and getting folded, and cut into individual sheets. Sometimes, those intracacies cause configurations that are less than ideal for readers, but we work to get the best fit we can.

THANKS

* Heather: The Aug. 5 Food story "Make smart food decisions for kids" was a great article! I'd like to give it to each of my students' parents this year. Thank you.

FEEDBACK ON FEEDBACK

* Cher, Hampton: Welcome, Ernie Gates. I am glad to see you back every day and not just once in a while. Thank you! Keep Feedback short; a little funny; a little sarcasm - it all helps.

Editor: Sorry, but you're stuck with me for a couple weeks. Ernie and I will continue to alternate this task, with help from other editors. I can't let him have all the fun.

Today's Feedback responses were written by Managing Editor Robin McCormick.